Ellie Rezapolvi

I would say my mother. She has always been such a driven lady, and I think that she's always been so inspiring to me. Luckily, that it definitely impacted the way I moved and delivered in life. The aesthetics part of it, the overall everything. I think that people look past details, and my mother is a very detail-oriented lady, so the wiping of everything, like, especially in aviation, keeping everything aesthetically cleaned, regardless of anything, plays a role in your whole life. It plays a role in your mind. It plays a role in the way you look. It plays a role in the way you present. So I think that that has been the biggest impact of my whole entire life.

Have no fear. Basically, just, if you want to go for a job, always go for the highest one. Don't ever just say, oh, you know, I'm not ready for that position. I remember my first job was working for the Ritz-Carlton, and people would say, you know, start lower, go to a mediocre place, and I think the best advice I ever got as my first esthetician job, or any job, just go aim to the highest one. And maybe I wasn't ready for it, and maybe I was still in the beginning, but I still got it, and it just built me. So, it definitely changed my whole perspective at a young age. Just aim high.

Don't rush. I would say the distraction has been such a bad impact on the world, on social media and everything, and I think that the one thing that I could tell them is the less that they pay attention to the outside world, they will move so much better in life. A lot of what I tell my niece, like, the younger girls around them, is just, like, get off your phones and focus on your insides, like, what do you really want? The more you really, like, sit with yourself and know who you are, I wish somebody told me that a long, long time ago. Learn who you are. Because then you'll be able to conquer anything you want in this world, but don't let the world tell you, because the phones, the TVs, it can completely distract you.

The challenges would be that there are so many flight attendants, especially now that Spirit has gone out of business, so a lot of them have the backgrounds of aviation. Even though corporate is a completely different field than commercial, I would say that would be the biggest challenge - so many people in this industry, and the job market is a little bit hot. At the same time, though, all the opportunities I've gotten where I'm truly a person that believes that when it's for you, it's for you. I don't really stress over if I'm gonna get this job. I'm more of an organic person. The opportunities are just who you are, and what you have to offer, and what you have to deliver. So you still stand out in so many different ways. There's no comparison when you have a service-oriented background and you want to learn more in your craft. I think maturity, all the expertise in those areas, like learning about drinks, cocktails, food, catering - all the different elements of your career will come into one. Every career that you've ever had at some point has molded you to this position and where you are in this current situation, and it just makes you a little more confident.

Consistency, having a good clientele base, like the relationships, is extremely important to me. I think that what you give, you get. So, you know, for me, as far as if I'm in a balanced place in my life, that's the energy that I'm gonna get back. I find that people attract who they are. And even in going into flying a flight, you know, somebody's gonna always give you their perspective, but I think that if you are in a good place and you believe that you will attract great things, to me, valuing that thought in my mind, like, it will happen. All the flights that I've gotten, thank God, they've been just so... it just matched where I was. So to me, that's very important, and then the people that you're around. I value doing my best and having the right people around me. That will only create more abundance in every aspect. Yeah, people matter.